Monster in my pocket special - Marvel UK

Inspired by a remark on episode 60 of the 'Sonic the comic the podcast' I've tracked down these 2 Marvel UK comics that were previously unknown to me. I've covered the Monster wrestler in my pocket series before (see here) but of course that was a spin-off of the original Monster in my pocket series.

So, two specials from Marvel UK in 1991 - one was a holiday special (priced at 85p) and the other a summer special (priced at 95p)

The Holiday special (priced at 85p) - and with a shoe on the front cover...

...looks to me like it'll be a reprint of #1 (May 1991) of the Harvey comics Monster in my pocket comic, which looks like this... 

...more details on the GCD here - cover art is by Gene Colón

The Summer special (priced at 95p) - and with The Punisher take-off cover - has 2 stories...and has a free monster taped to the front (mind you it does cost 10p more than the Holiday special).

...and appears to be a reprint of this title (details on the GCD here) from Harvey Comics. This was #2 in the Monster in my pocket series and came out in July 1991.

Cover art is by Gil Kane

There was also an annual - details below 

UKCAC 1986 - portfolio (part 1 of 3)

For the United Kingdom Comic Art Convention (UKCAC) in 1986 a portfolio of drawings was produced from the artists present at the convention. It features loads of great art, here's the first selection of images...

There is (was?) a copy for sale here and the description below gives some useful context for the portfolio...

From the press release -

"We believe that we've scheduled a completely unique idea for the convention that will provide you a completely unique and worthwhile souvenir of the weekend. On the Saturday we hope to persuade every professional artist present to contribute to an eight piece illustration that will be printed overnight to provide the UKCAC86 Portfolio. All going to schedule this will be on sale at £1.50 for Sunday lunchtime, with all profits going to African famine relief. We're only printing 600 portfolios, and the original artwork will be auctioned on Sunday... a true collector's item, so snap them up quickly."

Full list 

1. Dave Gibbons "Rorschach", Barry Windsor-Smith "The Hulk", Gilbert Shelton "Fat Freddy's Cat"
2. Mike Collins "Axel Pressbutton" (Warrior), Kevin O'Neill "Metalzoic", Phil Elliott "Gibley"
3. Brett Ewins "Johnny Nemo", Carl Potts "Alien Legion", Gil Kane "Arak"
4. Bryan Talbot "Nemesis", Jim Baikie "Electric Warrior", Cam Kennedy "The Outsiders B.D. Ricken-Backer"
5. Frank Miller "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns"
6. Brian Bolland / Richard Starkings "The Joker - Smile!", John Bolton "Ogre"
7. John Ridgway "The 6th Doctor Who", Gary Kwapisz "Conan", Hunt Emerson "Max Zillion", Al Davison "The Astral Gypsy"
8. Eddie Campbell "Alec", Nigel Kitching "The Silver Surfer", Chris Donald "Felix and his Amazing Under-pants" (Viz), Mark Farmer "Kilowog"
9. Alan Davis "Batman", Myra Hancock "Myra", Seth "Cityscape", Unknown "Daredevil"
10. Graham Higgins "Retinal Burn", Bill Sienkiewicz "Jason from Friday The 13th - as child, Thursday The 12th"
11. Glenn Fabry "Ukko", Unknown "Mister X", David Lloyd "V for Vendetta", Fox "Redfox", Alan Moore "Maxwell The Magic Cat", John Higgins "Zombie"
12. Ian Gibson "Halo Jones", Lew Stringer "Brickman"